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title = "Deprecation of Offensive Words"
date = "2020-06-13"
description = "The lack of a general process to deprecate words in English, often due to offensive language."
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Software version control branches
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Some software projects have started changing their default branch from
master to main.

This naming convention controversy has existed for a while, but it
definitely has become one of the battlefields at the moment.

Personally I feel like this belongs to a cross section into a larger
issue in general: Deprecating and also replacing words in English that
suck. Or picking a standard and making revisions as necessary.

I really wish someone could agree on a general replacement for the word
\"man\". I\'ve had folks get upset at me before for referring to man
pages, older folks, who it the term itself belonged to their generation,
not mine. I just inherited that word. Just find a word, make one up, and
stop saying \"man page\", man, woman, and human. It my world, only those
remain. And do the same with \"master\" (yeah... those of us with
diplomas probably wonder what\'s the new term).

So I think I will migrate my language rules from [The Org
Ambassador](~/workspace/workspaces-v/projects/vaeringjar/static-site-generator/content/site/archive/the-org-ambassador/index.org)
to a new document and use that for life in general.
